The Faithful Forebearers Podcast
1) 3.1 Business – Ole Kirk Christiansen
Lego is now one of the most recognizable toy brands in the world. Kids and adults around the world play with these plastic bricks, and the company is worth many billions of dollars. While today it i...Show More
2) 2.9 Ethiopia – Saint Yared
Today we wrap up our series on Ethiopia. We will go back in history 1500 years to the life of St. Yared of Ethiopia. Yared is one of the most influential Ethiopian saints within the Ethiopian Orthodox...Show More
3) 2.8 Ethiopia – Tsehay Tolessa (interview with Simonetta Carr)
Tsehay Tolessa was the wife and widow of Gudina Tumsa (Episode 2.7). She has an incredible story of faith and courage as she holds fast to Jesus in the face of torture and murder from the Communist r...Show More
4) Christmas Special – A Brief History of Christmas
It’s has been awhile! Today we will look how Christmas became what it is. Was it just a rebranding of a pagan holiday? Or has it really always been about Jesus? While we won’t talk abou...Show More
5) 2.7 Ethiopia – The African Bonhoeffer, Gudina Tumsa
As Ethiopia entered the 20th Century, there was trouble and hope. After a brutal invasion of the Italians just before World War 2, and after Italy's defeat in the war, Ethiopia recovered and moderniz...Show More
6) 2.6 Ethiopia – Lutheranism, Onesimus Nesib
Today the Lutheran Church in Ethiopia is the largest Lutheran Church body in the World. That is thanks to the service of Onesimus Nesib, and many other faithful missionaries like him. Onesimus was b...Show More
7) 2.5 Ethiopia – The Fight for Identity, Walatta Petros
After Ethiopia survived near destruction at the hands of Gragn, a different battle began. Instead of a military battle, it was a battle of ideas for Ethiopia's identity. Catholic missionaries began ...Show More
8) 2.4 Ethiopia – Ethiopia’s Darkest Hour, Dawit II and Gelawdewos
While Ethiopia had thrived under Zara Yaqob, it had dark days ahead. Ethiopia, always surrounded by hostile nations, would have to fight for its life as their neighbors grew stronger. Its very exist...Show More
9) 2.3 Ethiopia – Estifanos
Estifanos (1380-1454) is sometimes known as Africa's first protestant, even though he lived 70 years before the Reformation. He believed that the Bible should be the measure of all else in the Church...Show More
10) 2.2 Ethiopia – Zara Yaqob
With Frumentius and Ezana, the Ethiopian church got off to a great start, but things did not stay that way. After 1,000 years, and centuries of setbacks, the nation and the church made a great comeba...Show More